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I think that's only 1/2 the issue. The other 1/2 is that you still have to set Steam to offline mode while your connected to the internet for it to be available later when your not connected to the internet.

I think that's only 1/2 the issue. The other 1/2 is that you still have to set Steam to offline mode while your connected to the internet for it to be available later when your not connected to the internet.

I can start Steam in offline mode without an internet connection, though.

Where does it go wrong for you, exactly? Is there no prompt to start in offline mode after failing to connect, or does the attempt to start in offline mode fail?

Usually it throws a popup saying it can't connect and asking you to either cancel or start in offline mode. Then you click the "Start in offline mode" and it throws an error saying there's no connection. The things I say at those times...

I think that's only 1/2 the issue. The other 1/2 is that you still have to set Steam to offline mode while your connected to the internet for it to be available later when your not connected to the internet.

Actually not so. My connection recently went down yet I was able to reboot steam in offline mode and play games.

I thought offline mode was broken only for those weird people who turn off their PC without shutting down the program.

As far as I recently became aware this was the case. I found a place where you had to edit two hex values in a file and hey presto, you could start offline even if you hadn't shut down before closing Windows.

As far as I recently became aware this was the case. I found a place where you had to edit two hex values in a file and hey presto, you could start offline even if you hadn't shut down before closing Windows.

That can't be. The moment I saw this thread I hit Restart when Steam, six tabs and a bunch of other programs were still open, and once it was done rebooting I was able to start Steam in offline mode without a network connection, no problem.

Well, all I know is when I moved into my new flat and was waiting for my net to be connected I tried using offline mode and just got the error that it couldn't connect to Steam servers. (Really? No shit Sherlock) So yeah, that didn't work too good.

Technically, I didn't, but pulling the plug on a laptop isn't going to do much, so instead I did a hard shutdown by holding down the power button. It has the same effect as pulling the plug: If Steam does an operation that only allows it to start in offline mode after exiting normally, then it shouldn't be able to do that after a hard shutdown. It still works, so whatever happens to Steam when it's online has no bearing on whether it can go offline.

I lost my internet connection for a weekend couple of weeks ago (switching ISPs, and the bastards couldn't agree on timing...). I closed all stuff normally when I still had my connection, including Steam, and the next time I booted it up I had no connection. Got a prompt asking whether or not I'd like to start Steam in offline mode. Played SR3 happily through the weekend.

...but yeah, if that means that they really fixed the issue where you have not closed Steam normally, it's front page news indeed.